For immediate release
January 16, 2017
Contact: Scott Tillman, U.S. Term Limits
Phone: (321) 345-7455
Strong Support for Congressional Term Limits in Massachusetts U.S. Senate Race
Washington, DC – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national movement to limit terms for elected officials, today praised Massachusetts Senate candidate, John Kingston, for signing its congressional term limits pledge. Massachusetts State Rep. Geoff Diehl, also a candidate in the U.S. Senate race, signed the USTL pledge in August 2017.
In November of 2017, U.S. Term Limits had more than 50 pledge signers in Congress. USTL President, Philip Blumel, commented on Kingston’s and Diehl’s pledges saying, “John and Geoff’s support of term limits shows that there are people who are willing to put self-interest aside to follow the will of the people and the founding fathers. America needs a Congress that will be served by citizen legislators, not career politicians.”
The U.S. Term Limits Amendment Pledge is provided to every announced candidate for federal office. It reads, “I pledge that as a member of Congress I will cosponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits amendment of three (3) House terms and two (2) Senate terms and no longer limit.” The U.S. Term Limits Constitutional Amendment has been introduced in both the U.S. Senate by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and the House of Representatives by Representative Ron DeSantis (R-FL).
Blumel noted, “More than 75% of Americans have rejected the career politician model and want to replace it with citizen leadership. The way to achieve that goal is through congressional term limits. Kingston and Diehl know this and are willing to work to make sure we reach our goal.”
According to the last nationwide poll on term limits conducted by Gallup, the issue garners wide bipartisan support. The poll showed that 75% of Americans support congressional term limits. Gallup’s analysis states, “Republicans and independents are slightly more likely than Democrats to favor term limits; nevertheless, the vast majority of all party groups agree on the issue. Further, Gallup finds no generational differences in support for the proposal.”
Blumel concluded, “America is in trouble. Our career politicians have let the people down. It is time to limit their terms and return control of our nation to people.”
The term limits amendment bill would require a two-thirds majority in the House and Senate, and ratification by 38 states, in order to become part of the U.S. Constitution.
View Kingston’s signed pledge.
View Diehl’s signed pledge.
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